James Florentine (born August 18, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, author and television personality. He is best known for co-hosting That Metal Show on VH1 Classic and voicing several characters on Crank Yankers, including Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher. He hosts The Jim Florentine Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and a podcast called Everybody Is Awful (Except You). He has released six albums of stand-up comedy, two comedy specials, six installments in the Terrorizing Telemarketers prank call compilation, and three installments of the Meet the Creeps hidden camera show. His 2018 book Everybody is Awful (Except You!) reached No. 1 on the Book Soup nonfiction chart.
He was born on August 18, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York to a large Catholic family; he has six brothers and sisters. He launched his career in New York City comedy clubs.
Florentine is a native of central New Jersey. He came from a large Catholic family and was one of seven children who attended the Catholic school St Ambrose. He has stated in various interviews and in his stand-up act that he disliked his religious upbringing[citation needed]. Florentine was interested in a musical career growing up because of his love for heavy metal music but would often joke that he never had the talent to play an instrument.

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